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DEFINITION: An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and/or eternal damnation.
Verboticisms
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Geeohpee
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: G.O.P.
Sentence: the turrists will get cha iffin youse don't elect a Geeohpee
Etymology: grand old party
Ecogrifter
Created by: Karuma
Pronunciation: ee-ko-grif-tur
Sentence: they all always play those stupid ecogrifter infomercials late at night. that guy is on the long ecogrift.
Etymology: eco=world, grift=a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
Flabberboshbomb
Created by: BellaRina
Pronunciation: F-L-A-B-ER-Boo-Sh-Boom
Sentence: please help donate 4$ bfore we haver a FlabberBoshBomb
Etymology: Flabber (FEar) Bosh(OF) Bomb(BOMb)
Apocorich
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: uh POK oh rich
Sentence: Hoboes with "the world will end!" signs do exactly the same thing as the apocorich company that made the Al Gore/Global warming movie, but the hobos don't make money!
Etymology: apocolypse + rich
Terrorcorp
Created by: GreenTara
Pronunciation: Terror-Corp
Sentence: All the terrorcorps competed with one another to scare the public the most - for the most profit.
Etymology: terror-fear, corp-corporation
Doomshark
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-Shark
Sentence: Feelbad world, along with a daily dose of dread and damnation, flowed frenetically across the airwaves every evening, delivered by a diamond-dripping doomshark preaching tarabolical times ahead for mankind. But for those faithful who fawnishly followed this foolmonger, and his fickle-feel philosophy, there was much more to fear from him here on terra firma, for financial fleecing was his forte.
Etymology: A conflation of "doom": death, ruin, sad or evil destiny & "shark", (slangish): confidence trickster, parasite, crooked business person (as in land shark, loan shark).
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COMMENTS:
A is for alliteration. ;) - Kyoti, 2007-08-10: 11:03:00
I hate it i just wanted to vote because i know you wont win - BellaRina, 2007-08-10: 11:39:00
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Ecounlogist
Created by: Metalflower
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When bird flu hit the world, Ecounlogists made millions of dollars by selling face masks, which didn't help at all.
Etymology: Ecologist, unlogic
Terramageddonist
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist
Sentence: We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear.
Etymology: terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person/organization); also, the tie with "terror" and "terrorist"
Fudbud
Created by: MrPlow42
Pronunciation: Fud - bud
Sentence: Those fudbuds are now trying to convince us that our dogs aren't getting enough cheese.
Etymology: F.U.D. - Information Technology term for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. & Bud - friend.
Comments:
iwasatripwire - 2007-08-12: 01:27:00
repeat!